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Re: About the term "AFOL"
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 26 May 2005 19:54:25 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Mike Walsh wrote:
> > I posted a few weeks ago regarding my feelings of the term "AFOL":
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> > http://news.lugnet.com/legoland/california/?n=761
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> > Re-reading my post, I don't think I worded it as strongly as I should have.
> > I really dislike the term "AFOL" and find it mildly offensive to be called
> > one. I would never refer to myself as an AFOL and I don't use the word in
> > conversation. Could be just me, but I don't care for the term.
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> What aspect of the term do you feel is inaccurate? From your post, it would seem
> that you object to the word "fan", because it implies a stronger dedication than
> the word "hobbyist"? Of course, the resulting acronym with "Hobbyist" is ..
> uh... a touch more vulger :) Would "enthusiast" work?
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> I know other people have objected to the word "Lego" since they don't feel that
> they're fans of the *company* per se, but feel more like fans of the bricks
> themselves-- in some cases even being fans of *other* brands in addition to
> Lego. Perhaps "ABBE" (Adult Building Brick Enthusiast)?
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> Personally, I've always been happy calling myself an AFOL, but I'd probably be
> happy to call myself any of the acronyms that have been tossed around (though I
> personally would want to include the "Lego", since I'm partly dedicated to the
> brand thanks to nostalgia in a way that I'll never be attached to other brands).
I personally dislike refering to myself in accronym form. Accronyms are pretty
much an indicator of complete geekishness, which, when cruising the beach for
babes, I try to avoid. I usually say "LEGO Fan" and "LEGO Fan Community", and
then hope that my obvious sense of fashion will clue in my listener than I am an
adult. Sometimes people mistake the facial hair, the height of 6 foot, and my
manly voice to be genetic anomalies rather than an indication of adultness.
If forced to use an accronym, I'd use PoLAWEBwLBBa/oBoOB (Persons of Legal Age
Who Enjoy Building with LEGO Building Blocks and/or Blocks of Other Brands).
-Lenny
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| (...) I used to like it until someone pronounced my initials (DPE) as "Dippy". Actually (man, this is going off-topic FAST), when I was a wee one of about 7 years old or so, my name betrayed me. My mom was "Moo-Moo". You'd be "Loo-Loo Hoo-Hoo". Jake (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) What aspect of the term do you feel is inaccurate? From your post, it would seem that you object to the word "fan", because it implies a stronger dedication than the word "hobbyist"? Of course, the resulting acronym with "Hobbyist" is .. uh... (...) (19 years ago, 26-May-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.faq)
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